Flights Pittsburgh → Boston
PIT → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Pittsburgh to Boston operates with an 86% on-time performance rate, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.5 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 413 total flights using Embraer 170 and 190 aircraft models, connecting passengers between Pittsburgh International Airport, which opened in 1944, and Boston's Logan International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 36 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Pittsburgh (PIT) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by American Airlines, JetBlue Airways. Across 556 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.88%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Boston (BOS) heads east for about 796 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of PIT-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 556 tracked PIT-BOS flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about PIT-BOS
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 556 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Boston is 2.88% across 556 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, JetBlue Airways.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
